After ending Bowling Green’s state-best 28-game winning streak Friday night, the good news continued Saturday morning for the Pleasure Ridge Park High School football team.

Senior quarterback B.J. Robinson exited Friday’s 35-21 victory early in the third quarter and did not return after injuring the shoulder and elbow on his left (non-throwing) arm.

Panthers coach Tommy Williams said Saturday morning that Robinson had regained full strength in the arm and is expected to start Friday when PRP (2-0) travels to Eastern (1-1).

“We’ll keep him out of contact during practice this week, but he’s fully cleared to play Friday,” Williams said. “We don’t let our quarterbacks get hit in practice anyway, but we’ll be sure to protect him.”

“That’s what a backup quarterback is for,” said senior Dewayne Hall, who led the Panthers on the ground with 94 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. “He’s going to step up and make plays when plays are needed.”

NO PRACTICE, NO PROBLEM

It was a big week of preparation for PRP, but it hit a big-time snag Tuesday when practice was canceled because of lightning and thunderstorms.

Williams said — because of a construction in the school’s gyms— that the team was limited to weightlifting, meetings and a 30-minute walkthrough inside a classroom.

“It makes you terrified,” Williams said. “I told them before we came out here, ‘This isn’t going to be our best performance tonight. You can’t be the most prepared that you want to be, or else you wouldn’t have practice on Tuesdays.’ But they fought. They dug in.”

“There are no excuses; this is just who we are,” Wallace said. “We’re young up front, and defensively we’re really young. But nobody’s crying a river for us. We know what the expectations are of ourselves. The expectations on the outside don’t bother us. But this is not the way we want to compete.”

►Kentucky Country Day stopped a two-point conversion try on the final play of the game to beat visiting Walton-Verona 21-20. Tucker Schrader’s 3-yard touchdown run had pulled Walton-Verona within 21-20 on the final play of regulation.

POWER FIVE

Each week Jason Frakes will provide his ranking of the top five teams in the state, regardless of class:

No. 5 – Pleasure Ridge Park (2-0). Quarterback B.J. Robinson rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Panthers beat Bowling Green 35-21. Up next: at Eastern (1-1) on Friday.

No. 2 – St. Xavier (1-0). Did not play. Up next: at Bowling Green (1-1) on Friday.

No. 1 – Trinity (2-0). Nick Bohn passed for 387 yards and a touchdown and Luke McGuire rushed for 113 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Shamrocks to a 42-41 victory at Indianapolis Warren Central. Up next: hosts Cincinnati Moeller (0-0) on Friday.

GAME BALLS

Nick Bohn, Trinity. Senior quarterback completed 18 of 22 passes for 387 yards and a touchdown as the Shamrocks won 42-41 at Indianapolis Warren Central.

Zach Norris, Southern. Senior rushed for 317 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries in a 47-20 loss to North Bullitt.

PRP’s Ira Porter (27) celebrated after forcing Bowling Green’s Vito Tisdale (7) to cough up the ball that was recovered by his teammate Tarik Lee (21) during their game at PRP.
Aug. 25, 2017 Sam Upshaw Jr./CJ